The first day of 2022 presidential election petition hearings turned out to be sweaty, shaky, voluble and melodious affair for the Supreme Court.
Lawyers gesticulated to the judges, grimaced at opposing sides and some- very lucky ones- sang suckling ditties to unbelieving audience, prompting the judges to lay down the rules.
"Inky pinky ponky," Lawyer Willies Otieno waxed lyrical, painting the picture of the joke that was the tallying and verification exercise overseen by the Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati.
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